The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-03
comMERoE oRsTRUcEn.

The Extension of the New York Strike
causes Complete Suspension OF
Ruaincss-TraInmen and Deckhands
TO be Called Out.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-The extension
of the strike to freight handlers on
piers of New York is the most serious
blow to commerce that the union men
have struck, the effect of it on one
road. the Jersey Central, is almost a
complete suspension of business. The
men turned out so suddenly that the
company was left at great diSadvan-
tage and its inability to deliver freight
| was the cause of much incon-
on other railroad piers are ready
to come out at the very minute that
| the time for receiving an answer to
| their demands from the company eX-
pired. The next move on the part of
| the strikers will be to induce the train
men to come out, and thus tie up the
railroads centering on the Jersey
shore, and there is some talk of get
ting the deck hands and firemen on
the ferry boats to join the strikers, but
these men are adverse to such Il
| course.
Freight handlers on the Pennsyl-
vania railroad piers number 4. and g.,
| North river, struck at p. NJ.
NO TROUBLE AT SOUTH ANIBoY.
| SOUTH AMBoY, Feb. There is no
| trouble here with striking coal hand
| lers. Nearly two hundred deputies
in charge of the sheriff are guarding
the docks. Six boats are being loaded
with soft coal. The yards and docks
are closely guarded at every point.
The strikers are orderly.
READY FOR ACTIVE SERVICE.
BUFFALO, n. Y, Feb. IA discus
sion of a retaliation bill by congress
l hn Of ha in
ion of Canada. A member of Duffer
i'm Guards, Eighth Regiment a volun-
teer military organization, is now in
the city and last night said regarding
preparations being made through
lower Canada in expectation of wal
being declared, that a few days ago
every pensioner of the Imperial service
was ordered under arms tC
be ready to move to the front at q mo-
ment's notice. At Brantford there are
: 900 veterans drilling daily. At Ham
/ ilton there 600 and at various othel
; points throughout lower Canada there
are enough men to furnish standing
j army of 5000 men at an hours notice
The excitement is great and through
all the lower peninsula militia are get
: ting in readiness for active service.
STILL GOING OUT.
2 The 'longshoremen, truckers. piler
I and other numerous Workmen who ar
members of the 'longshoremen's uniol
. employed on the railroad piers of tn
f North river turned out at ! O'Clock to
e day. The men on the Lehigh vale
d pier 2, Pennsylvania piers 1, 4, and
t the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
: and the New York, Lake Erie & West
;, cru, numbering nearly 900, quit wor
e by order of the longshoremen's union
t The Lehigh Valley shut down the pie
k gates and about score of men remain
I. ed at work on the piers of the Pennsyl
S yania and New York, Lake Erie
II Western. The agents Of the companie
b | state that the inconvenience viii b
: temporary and that they will put othe
men to work at once and that trait
viii not be much impeded.
% QUIET AND ORDERLY.
/, All is quiet to-day along the Brookly
l. river front from Red Hook to the Catl
1t crime street ferry dock. a few gree
r hands are trying to load and unload We
II sells and handle coal. The strikers al
d reported ODE quiet and orderly. A II
= NOR that the strike viii extend to I'll
S. horse car roads before many days elapi
I'd is discredited.
~ MORE STRIKES.
IS The freight handlers on the PennSy
s. vania piers along North river struck
one this afternoon. They sent an 1
formal demand yesterday and no a
I'd swer was received. They went out
es dinner time and when they return'
~ they did not resume work. but sent
bit delegation to the office of Agent Bo'
lg man. He told them the company cou
d, not grant the advance at that mOmeT
an but were willing to consider the CUE
IS, ton or any other grievances of the me
he The men decided to strike and march
ok of the pier in body.
nd STILL AT WORK.
hit at pier No. Is the men are still
work.